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Almost to the top

Both Becca and I trudged lethargically along the trail during our long hike this morning.  It may have had something to do with the weather:  high humidity, heavy overcast, little wind.  She didn't really perk up until we were just starting down the trail from the high foothills.  I turned to see her looking up at the road, and when I turned to see what she was staring at I saw the silhouette of a coyote standing as still as a statue while watching us.  When I started to get my camera out the coyote moved, and I realized it wasn't a coyote at all, but a dog called Pepper--an Australian Blue Heeler who's a buddy of Becca's.  Pepper belongs to a woman who's a softball coach at the nearby high school.  We met them both about two months ago.  We weren't close enough to interact, and after a cursory wave waving at one another we went our separate ways.  And Becca and I returned to our lethargy.

Cactus Wren

Sun threatening to break though (it never did)

Tortugas and the Organs

Hedgehog Cactus and Soaptree Yucca

Same as above

Heading down a large arroyo

Becca enjoys the sandy arroyo bottoms

Prickly Pear Cactus with pads as large as dinner plates

Poking around the arroyo (aka "wash")

Water "washes" down here during heavy rains

Emerging from the arroyo

Where the arroyo runs through the lowlands